PHP Regular expresssion URL Router

In this tutorial we will create a PHP URL router. The developer using the router will be able to define these routes with regular expressions, these will then map to a file, class and method which will be called - very similar to Django’s routing. By using regular expressions to define our URLs we get maximum customizability. /class/method/ based URL routing…

Tutorial: Automated Site Backup with PHP and FTP

In this tutorial we are going to make a PHP script that archives your website into a .tar file, then automatically moves it to an external FTP server for safe keeping. We can then setup a cron for this script which will execute it automatically every day/week/month , however frequent you want it. This will only work on Linux servers…

Other jQuery Uses

We traditionally think that jQuery’s selector engine can only select elements/information off of the document that we are working on. And AJAX’s only use is to process web forms without the page needing to reload. While both of these are common uses, they are not the only uses. In this tutorial I’m going to show you a not-so-mainstream use of…

PHP/jQuery Todo List Part 2

This is part 2 of a 2 part series on making a Todo List with PHP and enhancing it with jQuery’s AJAX

In part 1 of the tutorial, we covered the PHP and MySQL side of things. In this part we will be enhancing it with jQuery’s AJAX and manipulation functionality. The to-do list will degrade fine - if the user…

PHP + jQuery Todo List Part 1

This is part 1 of a 2 part series on making a Todo List with PHP and enhancing it with jQuery’s AJAX

In this two part series I’m going to show you how to make a simple to-do list in PHP, and then enhance it using jQuery’s AJAX and manipulation capabilities. This won’t follow any proper coding principles, but will give…

jQuery Menu Roundup

“Whats a good jQuery menu?” is a question I hear quite frequently on blogs and forums. As jQuery is such a simple language to learn, most people code their own for their own sites. I’ve compiled a list of 3 menu plugins, and and 5 ‘custom’ solutions that people have setup.

http://p.sohei.org/jquery-plugins/menu/
Latest release: Jan 07

This plugin was constructed to emulate a…